Cartoons and Muslim reactions
I know much too little on the subject of Muslims and their beliefs to be able to form an opinion yet, but I would be surprised to learn that well educated people who have mankind's best interests at heart should let themselves get so worked up over some newspaperman's misbegotten experiment as to start a war over the subject.
In my opinion, freedom of press is one of the most precious gifts of any society and should be defended at all costs. None the less, it does come with a personal responsibility for anyone who makes use of it and sometimes people would do well to remember that not everything that is ALLOWED is also PRUDENT.
Especially the media, addressing the public with no real means of knowing the individual reactions, ought to keep that in mind.
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